How the score works
Each provider offer gets a score from 0 to 100. A higher score means the offer is cheaper relative to the other providers shown for the same TLD.
3-Year total
Purchase price plus two renewal cycles. This is the strongest signal because it reflects the longer-term cost of holding a domain.
60%
Purchase
The first-year registration price. Useful when the initial checkout price matters most.
15%
Renewal
The yearly renewal price after the first term. This keeps cheap first-year promos from dominating the ranking.
15%
Transfer
The transfer-in price. It matters less than the other components, but still helps compare portability costs.
10%
Formula
For each price dimension, the cheapest provider gets the best normalized value and the most expensive provider gets the worst. Those normalized values are then combined with the weights above.
3-year total = purchase + renewal + renewal
normalized = ((max - value) / (max - min)) * 100
score = normalized(3-year total) * 0.6 + normalized(purchase) * 0.15 + normalized(renewal) * 0.15 + normalized(transfer) * 0.1
The final result is rounded to a whole number.
Scores are only comparable within the same TLD detail page because they depend on the provider prices available for that specific extension.